The Parent Committee for the T.C. Williams High School 2016 All Night Graduation Party needs your help! Tickets for this annual event are $40 per student, and many students cannot afford to buy tickets. Since no student is turned away, the Parent Committee is raising funds to cover the costs of sponsoring students.

Last year, The Alexandria Redevelopment & Housing Authority, in partnership with the Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities and the Alexandria Public Schools, provided toys to more than 3,000 children during its annual Santa's Winter Wonderland Celebration.

Save the date for Spring2ACTion 2015, 24 hours of online giving to support nonprofits serving Alexandria. This year, Spring2ACTion will be on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. To learn more, please visit: www.spring2action.org.

Only three more days to collect toys for Alexandria’s most needy families! Volunteer Alexandria is supporting the Holiday Sharing – Community Toy Drive due to changes with Community Partners for Children. We are your local Volunteer Center that connects people and groups 6 and older with community needs. For more detai

Did you know that research has shown that summer learning loss equals about one month of instruction or more? Or that children's test scores tend to be lower in the fall than in the spring? (Cooper, 2003).

Alexandria's Look Again Resale Shop, which benefits the sight-saving programs of the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington such as the Low Vision Learning Center of Alexandria, is in need of several items to help us run our shops smoothly and continue supporting local p

The Fund for Alexandria's Child, a program of the Department of Community and Human Services of the City of Alexandria, is gathering coats for children who have been abused, neglected, or who are in the foster care. Currently The Fund is looking for juniors', misses' and mens' sizes of coats for teens.

Our neighbors in Oklahoma need your help. To assist with intermediate and long-term recovery efforts, you can make a gift to the Oklahoma City Tornado Recovery Fund. Established at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation in May 1999, the fund will direct 100 percent of gifts to assist with the needs of those impacted by the storms.

For over twenty years the Alexandria community has generously supported the annual T.C. Williams All Night Drug and Alcohol Free Graduation Celebration. Since T.C. Williams began this tradition in 1989, there have been no drug or alcohol-related graduation night fatalities.

Pork Barrel BBQ will donate 15% of your purchase to the Alexandria Police Memorial Fund on Tuesday, May 14th. They are open from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and are located at 2312 Mt. Vernon Ave. (corner of Mt. Vernon Ave. and Oxford St in Del Ray)

I am sure many of you are sorting through your children's things to make way for the new stuff to come this month....The Giving Circle of Alexandria is doing a book drive for the DreamDog Foundation and we could really use your gently-used children's books.

This Saturday Dec. 8th from 10am to 3pm Wheels to Africa (WTA) wheels-to-africa.org is having its annual bike collection again at TC Williams High School. WTA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that collects bikes for African and needy American Communities. WTA was started by Arlington resident Winston Duncan when he was 11 years old.

“When you are truly sharing with no expectation of your kindness being returned, it doesn’t matter whether you get credit. In fact, it’s better if you don’t. Your spirit is expanded by anonymous generosity.”

This quotation inspires us as we begin our outreach for the annual Holiday Sharing Program.

The Child and Family Network Center is once again asking for help so they can provide each of their kids a new coat.

There are 136 kids that need a coat --just sign up below and a CFNC coordinator will send you a child's name, size and even what color they prefer. All you need to do is buy it and drop it off at A Show of Hands.

This week, we're helping the Center for Alexandria’s Children build 25 "attachment kits" for local homeless families to ensure healthy childhood development and secure and loving parent-child relationships.

Carpenter’s Shelter is Northern Virginia’s largest homeless shelter, serving over 1,000 homeless and formerly homeless men, women and children each year. More than just a roof, Carpenter’s serves breakfast, lunch and dinner 365 days a year. With a food budget of $0, we rely on the generosity of the community to fill our pantry.

For over twenty years the Alexandria community has generously supported the annual T.C. Williams All Night Drug and Alcohol Free Graduation Celebration. Since T.C. Williams began this tradition in 1989, there have been no drug or alcohol-related graduation night fatalities.

What if we all gave one one day?

ACTion Alexandria's biggest action of the year, Spring2ACTion, begins at midnight on May 2, and we urge you to help us make it a record breaker. Last year, we all worked together to raise $104,000. This year, our goal is to help local nonprofits raise $200,000 in just 24 hours!

Starting January 9th, Douglas MacArthur Elementary School will be joining up with approximately 25,000 schools across the country in the Pennies for Patients program. Money raised from this threee week event will help those who are ill with blood cancers such as Leukemia, Lyphoma and Myeloma.

Community Lodgings is looking for a large refrigerator. If you or anyone you know is looking to get rid of one, donate it to this organization. It helps many Alexandrians by providing housing and services until they can get back on their feet.

It has been two years since the Haiti earthquake. If you'll remember, many activists and stars alike joined together to provide relief for those who were suffering in Port-au-Prince and across the countryside. The relief effort was remarkable, but many Haitians still have not received the relief that is so desperatetly needed. Port-au-Prince has been slowly losing its population as people make their way into the countryside. Villages like Abricots have been experiencing growth as this exodus occurs.

'Tis the Season!

The Fund for Alexandria's Childneeds your help this Holiday Season. Its looking for donors to provide gifts for low income families, foster children, senior citizens or persons with disabilities through the Holiday Sharing Program.

After you've signed up to participate in the Holiday Sharing, you will receive the wish lists for the participants. Most will include donations of clothing such as a coat or jeans, a toy or recreational item, a book, and perhaps one family request such as a used computer, towels or pots and pans. You can also donate gift cards for teens in foster care (Old Navy, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc.) and grocery cards for families or seniors.

Take ACTion Today!

New Hope Housing is a community organization providing homeless individuals and families the tools and shelter to build a better life. Last year New Hope Housing assisted 1,176 individuals, including 242 children, through one or more of its programs. On any given night year round, over 300 persons find hope and hospitality in New Hope Housing’s residential programs. Every year, the organization has two major fundraisers to help accomplish its goals: a Gala and a Walk-a-thon.

The Walk-a-thon is being held this Saturday, November 19th and New Hope Housing needs your help. If you could sponsor a student walker at $20 you could help New Hope be on its way to winning an additional $50,000. To acheive this goal, 3,000 additional students need to be sponsored by Friday, November 18th.

Dirt, aluminum, uneven fields, and hard surfaces make baseball, America's game, extremely hazardous for children and adults in wheel chairs, and those who have physical illnesses like seizue disorder.

That's why the City of Alexandria, the Kelley Cares Foundation, and private citizens have formed the Miracle League of Alexandria--to make the lives of Alexandria's special needs children and adults more safe and fun.

4 Mile Run Park Needs Your Help!

Join The Arlandrian and 4MRMarket in their efforts to revitalize the 4 Mile Run Park in Arlandria. Phase I of the park expansion begins this fall. Thanks to a generous contribution, there are enough funds to move forward on Phase II of the project, but not enough to complete it.

It takes a communal and constant effort to ensure our children have the educational tools needed for success in the classroom.

On October 22nd, from 6:00PM to 9:00PM, come out to Del Ray and YOU could help provide new technology and literacy tools for Mount Vernon Community School classrooms. Hosts Christi and Joe Hart are opening up their home for a great cause.

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Last year, we had over 200 donations that allowed children to march in the Halloween Parade. The parade is a Del Ray tradtion that attracts thousands-- yes, thousands-- of Alexandria residents every year.

Make This Halloween Special

Clean out your closets and help out a child in need of some fun. We'll take used or new costumes.

Do you remember what you wore on your first day of junior high? The beginning of a new school year is a critical time for making impressions and establishing friendships that follow children for much of their lives.

Help ensure that Northern Virginia’s neediest and most at-risk children can spend the summer learning and growing! In order to ensure that CFNC students have a fun and safe summer at CFNC’s Summer Program, CFNC is in need of the following items:

Donate $10 Target gift cards to The Child and Family Network Centers to help with children's school & emergency needs

When Jeremy, a bilingual 4-year old from Alexandria’s Arlandria neighborhood, enrolled at The Child and Family Network Centers (CFNC) he knew few, if any, letters of the alphabet; but by the end of the school year he knew them all and used them to write his name along with a dated plan for what he wanted to do each day.

On May 21st, a suspected gas explosion rocked a high-rise senior living community in Arlington and left 100 residents without a home. 30 of these temporarily displaced seniors are being housed in Alexandria at the Homestead Studio Suites in the Carlyle/Eisenhower neigborhood and they need our help!

Carpenter's Shelter has a client who is trying to start her own business! Currently she is working hard to become a certified home care provider. She needs your help to get started! Below is a list of items she needs:

We need a few more books for grades K-2 to round out the summer reading packs for this year's book drive. Reading during the summer allows children to maintain their skills until the new school year starts and this is especially critical for children without many books at home or without easy access to libraries.It's easy to chip in:

The MV Big Flea is a HUGE flea market fundraiser on April 30, 2011. The event benefits the Mount Vernon Community School PTA located in the Del Ray section of Alexandria, Virginia. We are seeking donations of items for the event. All donations are tax deductible and all proceeds benefit the school’s important PTA programs.

Approximately 5,000 women are incarcerated in Virginia. Without the assistance and support from programs like Friends of Guest House, over 70% will likely reoffend upon release. Help us raise $500 for basic essentials the women of Guest House need to successfully rebuild their lives.

Carpenter's Shelter is seeking a new or slightly used dresser for one of our clients who has recently moved out of the Shelter. If you are able to help please contact Courtney D. Bishop at courtneybishop@carpentersshelter.orgThanks so much!

Disposable diapers are expensive. An adequate supply of disposable diapers can cost between $100 and $120 a month, and safety net programs do not cover their cost. For a family struggling with homelessness, the cost of diapers can seem insurmountable. Community Lodgings and organization that helps homeless families become self-sufficient is, in desperate need of disposable diapers for children living in transitional housing and attending their Family Learning Center.

Our 5th Annual Book Drive for Summer Reading is fast approaching! With our partner, Wright to Read, we aim to provide 1,200 local children with three new or gently used books to enjoy during the summer break. Please help us reach our goal by:

According to Feeding America, hunger is a reality for 1 in 6 Americans and Alexandria is no different. Relying on volunteers and donations, ALIVE! (ALexandriansInVolved Ecumenically) works to combat hunger in Alexandria every day. This week, help ALIVE! by dropping off nonperishable, protein-rich food items for distribution to families in need.

The Arlandria Health Center for Pediatrics, managed by Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, often gives children who are ill with diarrhea and/or vomiting pediatric electrolyte solution, such as Pedialyte™, to prevent dehydration. However, their supplies are running low. The Center needs 160 single servings of Pedialyte™ or it's equivalent to treat infants and young children.

Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services need children's books for children ages 6 months to 5 years old to support the Reach Out and Read program that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud.

Do you have three 2 drawer locking file cabinets that need a good home? Healthy Families Alexandria needs file cabinets to enable staff to organize and store confidential files and documents. If you have new or used 2 drawer locking filing cabinets, they could not find a better home.